August 16, 2012 - The International Society of Automation (ISA) is proud to announce the winners of the 2012 ISA Educational Foundation Scholarships. These scholarships are awarded to college and university students who demonstrate outstanding potential to make lasting contributions in the fields of automation, instrumentation and control. The scholarship awards support tuition, related expenses, research activities and initiatives. ISA awarded a total of $53,874, which was distributed among undergraduate students in two-year and four-year colleges and universities, and to graduate students. The recipients are:
Two-year programs
Yan Hui British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Student Activities Endowment Fund - $4,000 Tabatha Clayton Lee College, Baytown, Texas, USA Student Activities Endowment Fund - $2,000 Tyrell Josephson SIAST - Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Saskatchewan, Canada Total Scholarship - $2,000 (Norman E. Huston Endowment Fund - $407; General Education Endowment Fund - $946; Student Activities Endowment Fund - $647) Francis Cole Lee College, Baytown, Texas, USA District 7 - $1,000 Dario Lopez Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon, USA Total Scholarship - $2,000 (Student Activities Endowment Fund - $726; District 9 - $1,274) Pamela Montgomery Lee College, Baytown, Texas, USA District 7 - $1,000
Four-year programs
Adam Lennartz University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Total Scholarship - $5,000 (Student Activities Endowment Fund - $4,284; District 5 Scholarship - $716) Peter Gent Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, Missouri, USA Total Scholarship - $5,000 (Chemical and Petroleum Industries Division Endowment - $3,348; Life Members Endowment - $1,640; Student Activities Endowment Fund - $12) Justin Bradley University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, USA Norman E. Huston Endowment Fund - $2,500 Bradley Lan Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, USA Total Scholarship - $2,000 (Norman E.
Huston Endowment Fund - $1,640; Life Members Endowment - $360) Yining Zang University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA Total Scholarship - $2,000 (Executive Board Endowment Fund - $1,407; General Education Endowment Fund - $393) Richard Darter University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA Student Activities Endowment Fund - $2,000 Justin Hansen Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA Total Scholarship - $1,000 (Norman E.
Huston Endowment Fund - $22; District 8 - $978) Gayathree Subramanian Kumaraguru College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India Total Scholarship - $2,500 (Bob and Mary Ives Endowment Fund - $1,539; Student Activities Endowment Fund - $961) Radu Florea Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Cluj Napoca, Romania Student Activities Endowment Fund - $1,000 Justin Artim Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama USA Total Scholarship - $1,000 (Daris and Gerald Wilbanks Endowment Fund - $455; District 3 - $545)
Graduate programs
Hunter Flodman University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA Total Scholarship - $4,000 (Food and Pharmaceuticals Division Endowment - $2,812; Bob and Mary Ives Endowment Funds - $1,188) Alexey Tirtichny St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia Total Scholarship - $4,000 (Norman E. Huston Endowment - $2,695; District 12 - $1,305) Aditya Tulysan University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Total Scholarship - $4,000 (Stuart Preston Foster Endowment Funds - $2,000; Student Activities Endowment Fund - $2,000) Melitsa Torres-Torres Universidad del Norte, Barranquillia, Atlantico, Columbia General Education Endowment Fund - $3,000 Sridhar Dasani University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Student Activities Endowment Fund - $3,000
Awards by District
District 3 scholarship Justin Artim - $545 Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama USA
District 5 scholarship
Adam Lennartz - $716 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
District 7 scholarship
Pamela Montgomery - $1,000 Lee College, Baytown, Texas, USA Frances Cole - $1,000 Lee College, Baytown, Texas, USA
District 8 scholarship
Justin Hansen - $1,000 Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA
District 9 scholarship
Dario Lopez - $1,274 Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon, USA
District 12 scholarship
Alexey Tirtichny - $1,305 St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
About ISA
Founded in 1945, the International Society of Automation is a leading, global, nonprofit organization that is setting the standard for automation by helping over 30,000 worldwide members and other professionals solve difficult technical problems, while enhancing their leadership and personal career capabilities. Based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, ISA develops standards, certifies industry professionals, provides education and training, publishes books and technical articles, and hosts conferences and exhibitions for automation professionals. ISA is the founding sponsor of the Automation Federation.